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Pieter Levels

What Pieter Levels thinks about cybersecurity

@pieter-levels · 202 positions · 2 changes of mind · On ppll ↗

Dutch bootstrapper who builds and runs his internet startups alone — Nomads.com, Remote OK, Hoodmaps, Photo AI and Interior AI — and has written about it at levels.io since 2013. Posts as @levelsio.

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9 dated positions, 2026, in their own words. Our reading of what Pieter Levels has said — not written or endorsed by them.

  1. Our readingPasskeys are not 2FA, they're single factor authentication

    Their wordsSo passkeys are not 2FA, they're single factor authentication

    ↗@levelsio on Xx.com

  3. Our readingThe era of rapid cybersecurity hacks requires rapid patching.

    AGI

    Their wordsin this new post-AGI time of rapid cybersecurity hacks which require just as rapid patching

    ↗Ubuntu still hasn't patched an open hole so we might switch our servers to Debianlevels.io

  4. 6 days earlier

  5. Our readingConsumer devices connected to the internet should not be trusted

    Their wordsAnother thing, I don't trust consumer devices connected to the internet (and nor should you)

    ↗@levelsio on Xx.com

  6. 2 days earlier

  7. Our readingAs AI models improve, pre-emptive defense must also improve.

    Their wordswith the models getting better our pre-emptive defense has to get better too

    ↗I spent all day having Claude Code security audit every VPS I havelevels.io

  8. 2 days earlier

  9. Our readingAI is finding exploits and vulnerabilities.

    Their wordsIt doesn't matter you have SSH key login, this is about exploits and vulnerabilities AI is finding

    ↗@levelsio on Xx.com

  10. 2 days earlier

  11. Our readingPeople will not update PHP fast enough and many sites will be hacked.

    Their wordsPeople won't update PHP fast enough and so many sites will get hacked

    ↗I pre-emptively disconnected all my sites and VPS servers from the web until PHP is patchedlevels.io

  13. Our readingThe safest approach is to deny a PHP site all access until it has been patched.

    Their wordsSafest is to just not have your PHP site have any access until it's patched

    ↗@levelsio on Xx.com

  15. Our readingPeople won't update fast enough and the vulnerability will be out in the wild once the patch hits as anyone can reverse engineer it based on the patch

    Their wordsPeople won't update fast enough and the vulnerability will be out in the wild once the patch hits as anyone can reverse engineer it based on the patch

    ↗@levelsio on Xx.com

  17. Our readingA new era of infinite cat and mouse games between people assisted by super intelligent AI trying to hack every single app, site and server and on the other side companies trying to defend themselves from it also assisted by AI is beginning

    Their wordsA new era of infinite cat and mouse games between people assisted by super intelligent AI trying to hack every single app, site and server and on the other side companies trying to defend themselves from it also assisted by AI

    ↗@levelsio on Xx.com